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HEALTH CARE HEROES
2023
Health Care
Heroes
H
artford Business Journal held its annual
Health Care Heroes event on Dec. 14
at the Aqua Turf Club in the Plantsville
section of Southington.
The event recognized more than 20
honorees, including physicians, nurses, hospital
executives and mental healthcare providers.
The presenting sponsors were Anthem Blue
Cross Blue Shield and Hartford HealthCare.
The major sponsors were Post University and
Trinity Health Of New England. The supporting
sponsors were InterCommunity Health, Integris
Group and O&G Industries Inc.
Health Care Heroes honorees stand for a group photo.
Brandon Rousseau, sales director at Anthem
Blue Cross Blue Shield, a presenting sponsor,
welcomes honorees and guests to the event.
Employees of Change Incorporated accept their
award in the Mental Healthcare Provider category.
Honoree R. Kyle Kramer, president and CEO of Day Kimball
Healthcare, with Kim Kalajainen, president of St. Mary's
Hospital, part of event sponsor Trinity Health Of New England.
Art Guerra, of The Institute of Living with Hartford
HealthCare, an event presenting sponsor.
Health Care Heroes honorees Officer Anthony Gaudino
and K9 Kady with the Hartford Police Department.
HBJ's Health Care Heroes event took place at the
Aqua Turf in the Plantsville section of Southington.
Mary C. Christoffersen, senior vice president and chief
nursing officer at Bridgeport Hospital/Yale New Haven
Health, accepts her award in the Nurse category from
Anthem's Brandon Rousseau and HBJ Editor Greg Bordonaro.
